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mask / costume

human history
  • Description

    mask/costume, knotless netting to cover head and upper body.

    "Painted red and white ochre bands. Spectacle-like wooden frame around eyes. Feathered stick on top of head. Fringes around lower edge and over shoulders. Purchased Legian, Bali, 1991. 91.224"

  • Place
    Asmat/West Irian/Indonesia West Papua/Indonesia
  • Accession Number
    2002.24.16
  • Accession Date
    16 Apr 2002
  • Other Id

    55960 (ethnology)

    91.224 (Mick Pendergrast)

    2002.24.16 (Number on object)

  • Department

    Pacific

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